Improved railway-kail joint



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GRANVILLE JARVIS, OF GRAFTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

Letters Patent No. 92,833,1latezl July 20, 1869.

IMPROVED RAILWAYR'AIL JOINT.

The Scheulg'referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

. To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, GRANVILLE E. J Anvrs,of Grafton, in the county of Taylor', and State of Vest Virginia, haveinvented a new and improved Railroad-Joint and TrackBrace; and I dohereby -declare that the ibllowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecitication, in which- Figures 1 and 3 larelongitudinal sections,representing different forms of the device. l

Figure 2 is a horizontal section, representing the form shown in l.

Figure 4 is an end view representing the form shown in iig. 3.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and durablebrace, adapted to be fastened to the cross-ties, so as to press againstthe outerV side of the rail, and support it at the joints and elsewhere,and at the saine time to hold the rail in place, and prevent itsv 'bybolts b l).

The shoulder Cl is provided with projecting spurs c c, which extendthrough the rail and serve to hold it in position.

To allow of the expansion and contraction of the rail, the slots throughwhich the spurs extend are made oblong.

Figs. 3 and 4 represent a simpler and cheaper form of brace than theabove.

As here represented, the whole brace is struck up from a single tlatplate of' iron.

' The iron is first cut to the proper size and shape; four (more orlessslits are then made in the end of it, as seen at a a a a. thecentral tongue 'e thus fomned is bent up; the two e' e', adjacent to it,are bent down, and the ends of the two tongues o o, at the corners ofthe plate, are slightly bent, as seen at o; .the plate is then drilledfor the spikes, its outer end is slightly bent to make it lit theV ties,and the device is ready for use. It is attached to the rail and ties inthe same manner as that first herein described, and as will be clearlyunderstood from g. 3.

The object of' the tongues e e is (like the shoulder G1) to pressagainst the' side of the rail and support it both laterally andvertically, while the tongues c o enter the lateral slots in the railand hold the latter in posi.- tion, as above described.

The ends o o are bent down so as to form hooks,

which, when the plateis in place, come against the inner side of therailand hold it from settling or bending inward. Y

These ends may be left straight at first, and maybe -bent down againstthe inner side ofthe rail by the tracklayers.

The same construction may obviously be adopted in connection with thatform of my device seen in figs. 1 and 2.

Having thus described my invention,

- What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an article ofmannfacture, a railroad-track brace NVitnesses CHAs.A.'PnT'rrr, S. C. KEMON.

